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Forgotten Past
Chapter 3:
The Writing on the Wall
Sano wasn't pleased at the sight that greeted his eyes in the dojo. He had gone after Sen to see why she had just left and fled into the dojo. When he arrived, he had found the limp form of Sen; she was lying on the ground unconscious next to a freshly burned hole in the nameplate wall.
Without stopping to even think, Sano rushed to her side and checked for a pulse. He found one and sighed in relief.
At least she's not dead. Sano then turned his attention to the nameplate Sen was holding. Squinting his eyes, he could make out the name. Souzo Sagara.
Sano blinked in shock as he saw the nameplate. Capitan Sagara?! Sano looked to see where the nameplate fit and saw something in the hole.
Sano reached into the wall and pulled the item out. It turned out to be a sword. Sano stood there for a few seconds, admiring the blood red sheath of the sword. He glanced down at Sen and decided she needed help.
Sano tucked the sword under an arm and carried Sen princess-style out of the dojo.
As Ali saw Sano coming out of the dojo holding both an unconscious Kiara and something that looked like a sword, she excused herself from the conversation and went to Sano.
"What happened?" She asked, trying to sound worried. This had happened so often to Kiara Ali was beginning to come to grips with it and didn't freak out every time this happened to her. Sano explained what happened to Kiara as he laid her limp body onto a futon. Ali however didn't seem worried about it. Her interests were on the sword he pulled out of the wall.
Ali was certain it was the sword she and Kiara were here looking for. "Sano," She asked. "May I see that?"
Sano nodded and handed her the sword. Sano watch in amusement as Ali tried to unsheathe the sword.
Urgh! Why is this sword not unsheathing? Ali was getting frustrated as Aoshi and Kenshin entered the room.
Aoshi immediately recognized the sword the foolish girl was trying to use. It had belonged to Kiara and she had asked him to hide it the day she had supposedly died.
He remembered sneaking into the Kamiya dojo to hid the sword. Aoshi hed known that was the best place to hide the sword just in case police officers tried to look for it.
After trying to unsheathe the sword, Ali diverted her attention back to Kiara whom no one seemed to notice was out cold on the floor except Sano.
Ali knelt next to Kiara and tried shaking her awake. Hmm. No good. Kiara still lied limp on the floor.
Suddenly, she had an idea. Ali picked up her cup of green tea and poured it on Kiara's head.
You could probably hear Kiara's scream on the other side of Tokyo. "WHAT THE HELL DID YOU DO THAT FOR?!" Kiara yelled and she tried to cool off the burning skin while shaking Ali's collar at the same time.
Ali sweat dropped as she tried to come up with a reason that wouldn't get her killed. "You..wouldn't wake up?" She said with a sheepish grin on her face.
Kiara rolled her eyes at Ali's reason and checked her watch. "Ali, we'd better get going on our rounds if we don't want to get yelled at." Ali nodded and bid everyone at the Kamiya dojo farewell as she left to go on her rounds.
Kiara on the other hand, wanted to have a word with the rooster head. "Sanosuke, may I speak to you?" She asked. Sano nodded and Kiara could have sworn that Aoshi was glaring at Sano as if daring him to do something.
Kiara led him through the city to talk to him while doing her rounds. "Look, I've been covering for you too much. Capitan Fujitaka is starting to get suspicious. I'm not covering for your drunken rages anymore,"
Kiara knew it wasn't a big deal, but she wanted to irritate the 'honorable' fighter Zanza. "Besides, you need to be a man and take the stem for yourself, rooster head."
Sano's temper had had enough of this girl. It was one thing when Chou called him rooster head, and he really didn't mind it when Yumi called him that name, but Sen was a different story.
He had admired her from a far and only got into brawls just to see her when she came to break them up. Granted he knew it was a stupid idea, but it worked.
However, there were only very few people he allowed to call him names, and Sen Takara wasn't one of them. Plus, he was getting sick of people calling him rooster head. "Yeah, well why don't you go be a good girl and get a job that females are supposed to do?" Sano knew he never should have opened his big mouth then.
Kiara's temper was beyond anger, it was flaring. She spun around and sent Sano one of the worst death glares she could muster. With every word she took a step closer to Sano who mimicked her, stepping back. "How DARE you say that you egotistical, self-deluded, vindictive, hypocritical, unemployed sexist PIG!"
With her last sentence, she slapped Sano and stomped away, leaving a very confused Sano behind. Rubbing his face, Sano turned back and went to the dojo unaware a pair of eyes was following him.
Ali was just on her last street for the night when she saw Saitou coming around the corner.
"Konbanwa, Fujitaka-sama." She said, slightly bowing. Saitou barley looked at her.
"I'm going to pay Himura a visit. Tell Chou to cover my shift." Ali nodded and whispered a 'yes sir!' before she rounded the last street.
As Ali just finished up her last round and made her way toward the station, she heard a scream ring through the air.
Without thinking, Ali spun around and ran to the direction of the scream as she contemplated in her mind. It was too high-pitched to be a guy's, so it had to belong to a woman.
Ali stopped dead as she arrived in an old alleyway. She looked around until her gaze landed on a feminine body lying on the ground and covered in blood.
She ran over to the body and something on the wall behind it caught her eye. The blood was shaped in writing, but Ali couldn't read it. She knew exactly what to do.
She ran through the streets as she recalled what happened earlier. "I'm going to go back to Kenshin's and ask him some more questions so he won't get suspicious."
Kiara's words rang through her ear. She stopped dead at the Kamiya dojo and ran to the entrance.
"Thank you, Himura-sama," Kiara said, rising form her seat. The said rurouni smiled from his seat.
"Your welcome. I'm glad I was of service." Kiara mirrored his smile and began to leave when there was as knock at the door.
Kiara stood frozen for a moment as Kaoru answered the door. "Hello, Fujitaka-san." Kiara's alertness went down as she continued her quest toward the exit.
Sano was walking toward the Kamiya dojo when he saw her. Sen had just exited the dojo and was walking on the path probably to the police station.
He felt bad about earlier and decided to try to apologize to her. "Oi, Sen!" He yelled as he ran after her.
Speak of the devil. Kiara turned around to see Sano running toward her. "What do you want, rooster head?" She asked icily.
Sano almost flinched at the tone of voice she used. For the few months he'd known he, she never used this tone of voice. He didn't like it. "Look, I'm.sorry for what I said about the job thing."
Kiara knew Sano's apology was sincere, but she still glared. "It's okay. Just don't shoot another one at me, I might arrest you." Kiara she said, seductively, smirked and began to walk away, leaving behind very bewildered Sano.
Ali rounded the last corner before she came face to face with Kiara. "Kiara! I found something you must see!"
Kiara barley made out Ali's words with her heavy panting. "Where?" She asked, her voice full of calm like it always was.
Kiara was lead through the empty alleyways of Tokyo for what seemed like hours until finally, Ali coasted to a stop in front of her.
Kiara felt a little faint at what she saw in front of Ali. There was a female body lying on the ground, drenched in her own blood. Her eyes and mouth were still stretched open as if she'd been screaming when she died.
Something behind the body caught Kiara's eye. Her was blood shaped in symbols of the language she had thought was long forgotten after she'd defeated Ragonark.
Ali turned to Kiara and eyed her very closely. "What does it say? DO you know?" She asked. Kiara nodded her head and went to take a closer look at the writing.
Kiara stared at the wall before reading it in Japanese for Ali to hear. "Take heed, Sprit of a elements, your time to reveal whom you are nears. For if you don't, you'll see the death of the man you love.and don't worry, I DO know."
When Kiara was finished reading the bloody text, she turned to Ali who looked like she was going to faint.
"We need to tell everybody, especially Aoshi-sama." Ali began to turn back to the dojo when she was stopped; she found herself in the air trying to run out of the grasp Kiara had on her.
Ever since she'd met Sanosuke Sagara she had doubted her teenage love for Aoshi. Aoshi Shinomori hadn't plagued her thoughts like Sano did. Kiara spent every waking moment thinking about something that had to do with the beautiful burnet.
"Aoshi-sama, doesn't need to know as much as Sano does." Kiara stated, letting go of Ali.
Ali's eyes widened in shock from Kiara's statement. "Sano? Why Sa-" When realization struck, Ali nearly fainted.
"You like Sanosuke Sagara more than Aoshi-sama, Kiara?" When Kiara nodded, Ali's heart strangely skipped a beat. Little did she and Kiara know, their conversation was heard.
Aoshi had been out for a stroll when he saw Kiara and her friend Ali talking. He hid around a corner, but was still in earshot. "You like Sanosuke Sagara more than Aohi-sama, Kiara?" Aoshi glanced at the girls long enough to see Kiara nod.
He was still there after the girls left, slightly angry with Kiara. But then he also remembered the promise he mad to Kiara.
"Promise me that you'll be my best friend even if we grow out of love." Kiara asked, her eyes full of pleading.
Aoshi smiled and kissed her one last time before he left the Aoia. "I promise." He said and left the Aoia, and Kiara with Misao in her care. "I will not go back on my promise. I will be there for her." Aoshi promised himself as he set off for the Kamiya dojo.
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Murasaki: Disclaimer: Her, own anime?!?! HA!!
Forgotten Past
Chapter 3:
The Writing on the Wall
Sano wasn't pleased at the sight that greeted his eyes in the dojo. He had gone after Sen to see why she had just left and fled into the dojo. When he arrived, he had found the limp form of Sen; she was lying on the ground unconscious next to a freshly burned hole in the nameplate wall.
Without stopping to even think, Sano rushed to her side and checked for a pulse. He found one and sighed in relief.
At least she's not dead. Sano then turned his attention to the nameplate Sen was holding. Squinting his eyes, he could make out the name. Souzo Sagara.
Sano blinked in shock as he saw the nameplate. Capitan Sagara?! Sano looked to see where the nameplate fit and saw something in the hole.
Sano reached into the wall and pulled the item out. It turned out to be a sword. Sano stood there for a few seconds, admiring the blood red sheath of the sword. He glanced down at Sen and decided she needed help.
Sano tucked the sword under an arm and carried Sen princess-style out of the dojo.
As Ali saw Sano coming out of the dojo holding both an unconscious Kiara and something that looked like a sword, she excused herself from the conversation and went to Sano.
"What happened?" She asked, trying to sound worried. This had happened so often to Kiara Ali was beginning to come to grips with it and didn't freak out every time this happened to her. Sano explained what happened to Kiara as he laid her limp body onto a futon. Ali however didn't seem worried about it. Her interests were on the sword he pulled out of the wall.
Ali was certain it was the sword she and Kiara were here looking for. "Sano," She asked. "May I see that?"
Sano nodded and handed her the sword. Sano watch in amusement as Ali tried to unsheathe the sword.
Urgh! Why is this sword not unsheathing? Ali was getting frustrated as Aoshi and Kenshin entered the room.
Aoshi immediately recognized the sword the foolish girl was trying to use. It had belonged to Kiara and she had asked him to hide it the day she had supposedly died.
He remembered sneaking into the Kamiya dojo to hid the sword. Aoshi hed known that was the best place to hide the sword just in case police officers tried to look for it.
After trying to unsheathe the sword, Ali diverted her attention back to Kiara whom no one seemed to notice was out cold on the floor except Sano.
Ali knelt next to Kiara and tried shaking her awake. Hmm. No good. Kiara still lied limp on the floor.
Suddenly, she had an idea. Ali picked up her cup of green tea and poured it on Kiara's head.
You could probably hear Kiara's scream on the other side of Tokyo. "WHAT THE HELL DID YOU DO THAT FOR?!" Kiara yelled and she tried to cool off the burning skin while shaking Ali's collar at the same time.
Ali sweat dropped as she tried to come up with a reason that wouldn't get her killed. "You..wouldn't wake up?" She said with a sheepish grin on her face.
Kiara rolled her eyes at Ali's reason and checked her watch. "Ali, we'd better get going on our rounds if we don't want to get yelled at." Ali nodded and bid everyone at the Kamiya dojo farewell as she left to go on her rounds.
Kiara on the other hand, wanted to have a word with the rooster head. "Sanosuke, may I speak to you?" She asked. Sano nodded and Kiara could have sworn that Aoshi was glaring at Sano as if daring him to do something.
Kiara led him through the city to talk to him while doing her rounds. "Look, I've been covering for you too much. Capitan Fujitaka is starting to get suspicious. I'm not covering for your drunken rages anymore,"
Kiara knew it wasn't a big deal, but she wanted to irritate the 'honorable' fighter Zanza. "Besides, you need to be a man and take the stem for yourself, rooster head."
Sano's temper had had enough of this girl. It was one thing when Chou called him rooster head, and he really didn't mind it when Yumi called him that name, but Sen was a different story.
He had admired her from a far and only got into brawls just to see her when she came to break them up. Granted he knew it was a stupid idea, but it worked.
However, there were only very few people he allowed to call him names, and Sen Takara wasn't one of them. Plus, he was getting sick of people calling him rooster head. "Yeah, well why don't you go be a good girl and get a job that females are supposed to do?" Sano knew he never should have opened his big mouth then.
Kiara's temper was beyond anger, it was flaring. She spun around and sent Sano one of the worst death glares she could muster. With every word she took a step closer to Sano who mimicked her, stepping back. "How DARE you say that you egotistical, self-deluded, vindictive, hypocritical, unemployed sexist PIG!"
With her last sentence, she slapped Sano and stomped away, leaving a very confused Sano behind. Rubbing his face, Sano turned back and went to the dojo unaware a pair of eyes was following him.
Ali was just on her last street for the night when she saw Saitou coming around the corner.
"Konbanwa, Fujitaka-sama." She said, slightly bowing. Saitou barley looked at her.
"I'm going to pay Himura a visit. Tell Chou to cover my shift." Ali nodded and whispered a 'yes sir!' before she rounded the last street.
As Ali just finished up her last round and made her way toward the station, she heard a scream ring through the air.
Without thinking, Ali spun around and ran to the direction of the scream as she contemplated in her mind. It was too high-pitched to be a guy's, so it had to belong to a woman.
Ali stopped dead as she arrived in an old alleyway. She looked around until her gaze landed on a feminine body lying on the ground and covered in blood.
She ran over to the body and something on the wall behind it caught her eye. The blood was shaped in writing, but Ali couldn't read it. She knew exactly what to do.
She ran through the streets as she recalled what happened earlier. "I'm going to go back to Kenshin's and ask him some more questions so he won't get suspicious."
Kiara's words rang through her ear. She stopped dead at the Kamiya dojo and ran to the entrance.
"Thank you, Himura-sama," Kiara said, rising form her seat. The said rurouni smiled from his seat.
"Your welcome. I'm glad I was of service." Kiara mirrored his smile and began to leave when there was as knock at the door.
Kiara stood frozen for a moment as Kaoru answered the door. "Hello, Fujitaka-san." Kiara's alertness went down as she continued her quest toward the exit.
Sano was walking toward the Kamiya dojo when he saw her. Sen had just exited the dojo and was walking on the path probably to the police station.
He felt bad about earlier and decided to try to apologize to her. "Oi, Sen!" He yelled as he ran after her.
Speak of the devil. Kiara turned around to see Sano running toward her. "What do you want, rooster head?" She asked icily.
Sano almost flinched at the tone of voice she used. For the few months he'd known he, she never used this tone of voice. He didn't like it. "Look, I'm.sorry for what I said about the job thing."
Kiara knew Sano's apology was sincere, but she still glared. "It's okay. Just don't shoot another one at me, I might arrest you." Kiara she said, seductively, smirked and began to walk away, leaving behind very bewildered Sano.
Ali rounded the last corner before she came face to face with Kiara. "Kiara! I found something you must see!"
Kiara barley made out Ali's words with her heavy panting. "Where?" She asked, her voice full of calm like it always was.
Kiara was lead through the empty alleyways of Tokyo for what seemed like hours until finally, Ali coasted to a stop in front of her.
Kiara felt a little faint at what she saw in front of Ali. There was a female body lying on the ground, drenched in her own blood. Her eyes and mouth were still stretched open as if she'd been screaming when she died.
Something behind the body caught Kiara's eye. Her was blood shaped in symbols of the language she had thought was long forgotten after she'd defeated Ragonark.
Ali turned to Kiara and eyed her very closely. "What does it say? DO you know?" She asked. Kiara nodded her head and went to take a closer look at the writing.
Kiara stared at the wall before reading it in Japanese for Ali to hear. "Take heed, Sprit of a elements, your time to reveal whom you are nears. For if you don't, you'll see the death of the man you love.and don't worry, I DO know."
When Kiara was finished reading the bloody text, she turned to Ali who looked like she was going to faint.
"We need to tell everybody, especially Aoshi-sama." Ali began to turn back to the dojo when she was stopped; she found herself in the air trying to run out of the grasp Kiara had on her.
Ever since she'd met Sanosuke Sagara she had doubted her teenage love for Aoshi. Aoshi Shinomori hadn't plagued her thoughts like Sano did. Kiara spent every waking moment thinking about something that had to do with the beautiful burnet.
"Aoshi-sama, doesn't need to know as much as Sano does." Kiara stated, letting go of Ali.
Ali's eyes widened in shock from Kiara's statement. "Sano? Why Sa-" When realization struck, Ali nearly fainted.
"You like Sanosuke Sagara more than Aoshi-sama, Kiara?" When Kiara nodded, Ali's heart strangely skipped a beat. Little did she and Kiara know, their conversation was heard.
Aoshi had been out for a stroll when he saw Kiara and her friend Ali talking. He hid around a corner, but was still in earshot. "You like Sanosuke Sagara more than Aohi-sama, Kiara?" Aoshi glanced at the girls long enough to see Kiara nod.
He was still there after the girls left, slightly angry with Kiara. But then he also remembered the promise he mad to Kiara.
"Promise me that you'll be my best friend even if we grow out of love." Kiara asked, her eyes full of pleading.
Aoshi smiled and kissed her one last time before he left the Aoia. "I promise." He said and left the Aoia, and Kiara with Misao in her care. "I will not go back on my promise. I will be there for her." Aoshi promised himself as he set off for the Kamiya dojo.
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